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Job, police and security-clearance polygraphs
Exams for jobs, police work and clearances.
Failed polygraph for a clearance or federal job
Failed a polygraph for a federal job or security clearance? Why EPPA does not cover you, how a polygraph result fits into an adjudication, and what to do next.
5 min readPolygraphs in the workplace
Can a private employer in the US make you take a polygraph? What the Employee Polygraph Protection Act bans, the exemptions, your rights as an examinee, and time limits.
5 min readCBP polygraph
Applying to US Customs and Border Protection? What CBP says about its polygraph: the four-hour session, the practice exam, how it is decided, and why applicants fail.
4 min readTS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
Who can be asked to take a counterintelligence polygraph for classified access, what the law requires (consent, notice, counsel), and what we could not verify.
4 min read